Brian invited us to attend a “Footy” match. Australian Rules Football is a very interesting game that resembles a combination of rugby and soccer. Like ball is very much like a rugby ball but the field is oval and there are strict tackling rules. There isn’t any padding and the “lads” who play tend to be around 6’2” minimum with an average age of 24. This match was between the Collingwood Magpies and the Essenton Bombers . In the picture you can see the crowds making their way to the Melbourne Cricket Grounds stadium which was built for the 1956 Olympics. It seats 100,000. Because of the fine weather that day 73,000 attended this particular game. (We know the number because Aussies love to make a wager and our friend asked Auden to wager with him on how many people were there. At the end of the match the score board flashed the answer. He also asked me to wager how many points our team , the Magpies would win by. I bet by 15 he by 40. He won. The ‘Pies slaughtered the Bombers by by 60 points!
link to the Collingwood Magpies fighting song. We tried to record the (drunken) crowd singing it but it didn't come out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z45ytXTzcA8
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